I have loved windmills since I was a child, especially the AERMOTOR American styles. I always dreamed of having one. When I started working, I saved up little by little to buy one and finally I bought it, my dream came true. I love my Aermotor #8 windmill. Thanks for the video ♥ 🙏🏼 Windmills are wonderfull and strong giants 💪
Love these videos, I always dreamt of buying an old windmill to live on, but it wasn’t meant to be. Looking forward to watching the rest of the back catalogue of vids 👍
@@cucukikiable back in 86 there was an old water tower for sale near me that was £20k which was the same price I had just paid for a 4 bedroom semi, it was an empty shell with no roof and hardly any land, I still keep looking for one either a roof and a bit more land 😂
Hi Julie, I was 18 & yes it is a World away from this time. I’m glad I lived through those now distant Times. It was a Golden Age. We had horses on the farm, I think we purchased our 1st tractor between 1960 & 62, it was a Massey Ferguson 35x, we had an old Mill, a water Mill but virtually all the workings had been stripped out, the Mill pond was still there but largely silted up. Rather sad. But none the less it was an amazing time to live through, a privilege. I often think back to all the folks that inhabited that time, the old timers, they hold a special place in my heart, once my generation has past, they will vanish in the Mists of Time, and that is somehow unbearable.
ONE VIDEO I LOVED WAS THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS ON THE VICTORIAN FARM. THIS SHOWED A WORKING WINDMILL AND WAS FASCINATING. I'VE ALWAYS LOVE HISTORY LIKE THIS!!
That windmill at the start is called over windmill near Longstanton in Cambridgeshire. You can see here this is what the area looked like before The Cambridge Guided Busway Got introduce. It is very facinating to look at and has a lot of history and is still fully working to this day!
A lot of the mills mentioned are still here in Lincolnshire, I live about 5m from Heckington. The film said a lot of the renovations of these mills was funded by local councils, long gone are those days, now they can't even keep the library's open, starved of cash by the Government: how did we let this happen?
That you can only get to Burney arms mill by boat is an oft repeated myth ! In the 70s and 80s we would often drive over to the mill for a beer and some lighthearted amusement watching the hire craft arrive on a Saturday evening. The track starts at Wickhampton church, crossing the railway line just west of Burney Arms station and then on to the mill. One night the autumnal mists came down and we had a bit of a problem until we realised that not one but 2 new gates had been fitted on the same field !
That might have been possible in the 70s or 80s, we don't know, but the route you describe certainly wouldn't work now. The track from Wickhampton ends at the Weaver's Way long distance path. This does go south-east to Berney Arms Mill but the route can be difficult to walk at certain times of the year, let alone navigate with a vehicle. Other tracks that lead to Berney Arms are not public roads, so using them would be trespassing. And sadly, the Berney Arms Inn has been closed for a while now in any case.
I THINK ALL THESE RESTORED MILLS SHOULD BE WORKING TO ACTUALLY GRIND CORN OR WHEAT OR EVEN RICE. IT SEEMS A PITY TO JUST HAVE THEM STANDING THERE LOOKING MAJESTIC!!
I'VE JUST HAD AN IDEA TO BE ABLE TO UNFURL HUGE WINDMILL SAILS WITHOUT HAVING TO CLIMB UP 40 FEET. IF THE SAILS WERE WRAPPED AROUND A CYLINDER AS HIGH AS THE BLADE ITSELF AND HELD IN PLACE AT THE TOP BY A CHANNEL. THOSE SAILS COULD BE SETUP IN SECONDS.
Having grown up in a mill I love to see them working still, just beautiful engineering
I have loved windmills since I was a child, especially the AERMOTOR American styles. I always dreamed of having one. When I started working, I saved up little by little to buy one and finally I bought it, my dream came true. I love my Aermotor #8 windmill. Thanks for the video ♥ 🙏🏼
Windmills are wonderfull and strong giants 💪
Windmills are fantastic examp[es of timber engineering, and stand as testament to the craftsman that built them.
Love these videos, I always dreamt of buying an old windmill to live on, but it wasn’t meant to be.
Looking forward to watching the rest of the back catalogue of vids 👍
Buy one make your dream true!!!
Me too I love windmills and I bougth one aermotor american style windmill and I love it ♥
@@cucukikiable back in 86 there was an old water tower for sale near me that was £20k which was the same price I had just paid for a 4 bedroom semi, it was an empty shell with no roof and hardly any land, I still keep looking for one either a roof and a bit more land 😂
I’m an American. I wish we had these in our country.
You have! In Maine and L.A for example. Just google.
Perfect production. Thank you.
I was 2 when this was made, Its like a world away from today, sadly
Hi Julie,
I was 18 & yes it is a World away from this time. I’m glad I lived through those now distant Times. It was a Golden Age. We had horses on the farm, I think we purchased our 1st tractor between 1960 & 62, it was a Massey Ferguson 35x, we had an old Mill, a water Mill but virtually all the workings had been stripped out, the Mill pond was still there but largely silted up. Rather sad. But none the less it was an amazing time to live through, a privilege. I often think back to all the folks that inhabited that time, the old timers, they hold a special place in my heart, once my generation has past, they will vanish in the Mists of Time, and that is somehow unbearable.
Fascinating and educational. I wonder if you could get a grant to upscale the video? It certainly deserves it.
Strange to see myself at Chesterton so long ago...
Making all those parts is pretty darn impressive!
ONE VIDEO I LOVED WAS THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS ON THE VICTORIAN FARM. THIS SHOWED A WORKING WINDMILL AND WAS FASCINATING. I'VE ALWAYS LOVE HISTORY LIKE THIS!!
Received Pronunciation is employed in this old video. I feel comfortable hearing the sound.
That windmill at the start is called over windmill near Longstanton in Cambridgeshire. You can see here this is what the area looked like before The Cambridge Guided Busway Got introduce. It is very facinating to look at and has a lot of history and is still fully working to this day!
The windmill at the start is actually Pakenham Windmill in Suffolk - Over windmill features near the end
@@olliedennison8650 ok thanks can you tell me what part?
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@@olliedennison8650 thank you
The past is a foreign country, such a charming film not unlike the gems of the British Transport Film unit.
A lot of the mills mentioned are still here in Lincolnshire, I live about 5m from Heckington. The film said a lot of the renovations of these mills was funded by local councils, long gone are those days, now they can't even keep the library's open, starved of cash by the Government: how did we let this happen?
The Guvnor of Lincs FM
Pakenham windmill is in Suffolk near Ixworth
I live not fare from pakenham mill😊
Beautiful. Thank you for posting this. Did you ever see the circular sail windmill in Haverhill?
That you can only get to Burney arms mill by boat is an oft repeated myth ! In the 70s and 80s we would often drive over to the mill for a beer and some lighthearted amusement watching the hire craft arrive on a Saturday evening. The track starts at Wickhampton church, crossing the railway line just west of Burney Arms station and then on to the mill. One night the autumnal mists came down and we had a bit of a problem until we realised that not one but 2 new gates had been fitted on the same field !
That might have been possible in the 70s or 80s, we don't know, but the route you describe certainly wouldn't work now. The track from Wickhampton ends at the Weaver's Way long distance path. This does go south-east to Berney Arms Mill but the route can be difficult to walk at certain times of the year, let alone navigate with a vehicle. Other tracks that lead to Berney Arms are not public roads, so using them would be trespassing. And sadly, the Berney Arms Inn has been closed for a while now in any case.
Looks like windmills in The Netherlands...big and have sails.
I bet that took a lot of skill and know how just to get them thimgs going
I THINK ALL THESE RESTORED MILLS SHOULD BE WORKING TO ACTUALLY GRIND CORN OR WHEAT OR EVEN RICE. IT SEEMS A PITY TO JUST HAVE THEM STANDING THERE LOOKING MAJESTIC!!
christ, have you ever been to coddo camp?!
I'VE JUST HAD AN IDEA TO BE ABLE TO UNFURL HUGE WINDMILL SAILS WITHOUT HAVING TO CLIMB UP 40 FEET. IF THE SAILS WERE WRAPPED AROUND A CYLINDER AS HIGH AS THE BLADE ITSELF AND HELD IN PLACE AT THE TOP BY A CHANNEL. THOSE SAILS COULD BE SETUP IN SECONDS.
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A GREAT VIDEO BUT IF HOLLYWOOD CAN INCREASE THE 1939 FILM'S PICTURE QUALITY, SO CAN YOU AS THIS IS BARELY VISIBLE!!
Nah, looks fine to me.